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Learn Japanese: suki - liked; likeable; loved; lovable

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suki

liked; likeable; loved; lovable

suki

Breakdown of suki

Women like children, men hate them both.

Usages of suki

私わたし　は　日に本ほん　の　アニメ　が　好すき　です。watashi wa nihon no anime ga suki desu.

I like Japanese animation.

あの　新あたらしい　映えい画が　が　好すき　でした　か？ano atarashii eiga ga suki deshita ka?

Did you like that new movie?

彼かの女じょ　は　猫ねこ　が　ほしく　ない　です。kanojo wa neko ga hoshiku nai desu.

She doesn't want a cat.

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

大だい好すきdaisuki

loved; very likeable

私わたし　の　一いち番ばん　好すきな　花はな　の　種しゅ類るい　は　ラン　だ。watashi no ichiban sukina hana no shurui wa ran da.

My favorite type of flower is the orchid.

分わからない　けど、　好すき　だ　よ！wakaranai kedo, suki da yo!

Although (I) don't understand it, (I) like it!

メアリー　さん　は　とても　好すき　だった。mearii san wa totemo suki datta.

Mary liked it very much.

猫ねこ　も　犬いぬ　も　好すき　です。neko mo inu mo suki desu.

I like both cats and dogs.

青あお　が　好すき　だ。ao ga suki da.

冬ふゆ　より　夏なつ　が　好すき　だ。fuyu yori natsu ga suki da.

(I) like summer better than winter.

https://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/154884

山やま田だ　先せん生せい　は　短みじかい　スカート　が　好すき　だ。yamada sensei wa mijikai sukaato ga suki da.

(Teacher) Yamada likes short skirts.

妹いもうと　は　足あし　が　長ながくて、　スポーツ　が　好すき　です。imouto wa ashi ga nagakute, supootsu ga suki desu.

(My) sister has long legs and likes sports.

Sentence from Tatoeba

馬うま　は　好すき　じゃ　ない　が、　犬いぬ　は　好すき　よ。uma wa suki ja nai ga, inu wa suki yo.

I don't like horses, but I like dogs.

汽き車しゃ　で　旅りょ行こうするの　が　好すき。kisha de ryokousuruno ga suki.

(I) like traveling by steam train.

ワニ　が　好すきな　女じょ子し　は　面おも白しろい　です。wani ga sukina joshi wa omoshiroi desu.

The girl who likes crocodiles is interesting.

メアリー　は、　好すき　だ。mearii wa, suki da.

As for Mary, I like her.

May imply there's someone else I don't like.

箸はし　で　食たべるの　が　好すき。hashi de taberuno ga suki.

I like eating with chopsticks.

彼かれ　は　仕し事ごと　の　後あと　に　料りょう理りするの　が　好すき　です。kare wa shigoto no ato ni ryourisuruno ga suki desu.

He likes cooking after work.

子こ供どもたち　は　日に本ほん　の　アニメ　を　見みるの　が　好すき　です。kodomotachi wa nihon no anime o miruno ga suki desu.

(My) kids like watching Japanese animations.

イタリア　や　日に本ほん　の　食たべ物もの　が　好すき　です。itaria ya nihon no tabemono ga suki desu.

(I) like Italian and Japanese food (among others).

映えい画が　が　好すき。eiga ga suki.

(I) like movies.

映えい画が　を　見みるの　が　好すき。eiga o miruno ga suki.

(I) like watching movies.

テニス　を　するの　が　好すき　か。tenisu o suruno ga suki ka.

Do you like playing tennis?

父ちち　は　料りょう理りするの　が　好すき　です。chichi wa ryourisuruno ga suki desu.

My dad likes cooking.

こども　は　アニメ　が　好すき　です。kodomo wa anime ga suki desu.

Children like anime.

寒さむい　より　暑あつい　方ほう　が　好すき　だ。samui yori atsui hou ga suki da.

I like hot (weather) more than the cold.

「夏なつ　と　冬ふゆ、　どちら　の　方ほう　が　好すき　か。」　「夏なつ　の　方ほう　が　冬ふゆ　より　好すき　だ。」「natsu to fuyu, dochira no hou ga suki ka.」「natsu no hou ga fuyu yori suki da.」

A: Which do you like more, summer or winter? B: I like summer more than winter.

犬いぬ　が　好すき　じゃ　ない。inu ga suki ja nai.

(I) don't like dogs.

「趣しゅ味み　は　何なん　です　か。」　「散さん歩ぽしたり、　音おん楽がく　を　聞きいたり　するの　が　好すき　です。」「shumi wa nan desu ka.」「sanposhitari, ongaku o kiitari suruno ga suki desu.」

A: What are your hobbies? B: I like walking and listening to music (and so on).

チンパンジー　は　木き　の　上うえ　で　遊あそぶの　が　好すき　です。chinpanjii wa ki no ue de asobuno ga suki desu.

Chimpanzees like to play on trees.

猫ねこ　も　犬いぬ　も　好すき　です。

猫ねこ　が　も　犬いぬ　が　も　好すき　です。

neko mo inu mo suki desu.
neko ga mo inu ga mo suki desu.

I like both cats and dogs.

静しずか　だ　から、　図と書しょ館かん　で　勉べん強きょうするの　が　好すき　です。shizuka da kara, toshokan de benkyousuruno ga suki desu.

Because it is quiet, she likes studying in the library.

その　レストラン　は　静しずか　じゃ　なかった　から、　あまり　好すき　じゃ　ありません　でした。sono resutoran wa shizuka ja nakatta kara, amari suki ja arimasen deshita.

Because that restaurant was not quiet, I didn't like it very much.

静しずかな　より　元げん気きな　人ひと　が　好すき　です。shizukana yori genkina hito ga suki desu.

I like people who are energetic rather than quiet.

どちら　の　本ほん　が　好すき　です　か？dochira no hon ga suki desu ka?

Which book do you like?

どっち　の　上うわ着ぎ　が　好すき？dotchi no uwagi ga suki?

Which coat do you like?

トランペット　の　ソロ　が　好すき　です。toranpetto no soro ga suki desu.

I like the trumpet solo.

どんな　本ほん　が　好すき　です　か。donna hon ga suki desu ka.

What kind of books do you like?

どんな　音おん楽がく　が　好すき　です　か。donna ongaku ga suki desu ka.

What kind of music do you like?

子こ供ども向むけ　の　本ほん　を　読よむの　が　好すき　です。kodomomuke no hon o yomuno ga suki desu.

I like reading books for children.

縦たて書がき　と　横よこ書がき、　どちら　が　好すき　です　か？tategaki to yokogaki, dochira ga suki desu ka?

Do you prefer vertical writing or horizontal writing?

雲くも　を　見みるの　が　好すき　です。kumo o miruno ga suki desu.

I like watching the clouds.

秋あき　の　涼すずしい　空くう気き　が　好すき　です。aki no suzushii kuuki ga suki desu.

I like the refreshing air of autumn.

ユーモア　の　ある　映えい画が　が　好すき　です。yuumoa no aru eiga ga suki desu.

I like humorous movies.

苦にがい　コーヒー　が　好すき　です　か？nigai koohii ga suki desu ka?

Do you like bitter coffee?

新あたらしい　経けい験けん　を　するの　が　好すき　です。atarashii keiken o suruno ga suki desu.

I like having new experiences.

都と会かい　と　田い舎なか、　どちら　が　好すき　です　か？tokai to inaka, dochira ga suki desu ka?

Which do you prefer, the city or the countryside?

彼かの女じょ　は　古ふるい　時じ代だい　の　音おん楽がく　が　好すき　です。kanojo wa furui jidai no ongaku ga suki desu.

She likes music from the old days.

クラブ　で　友とも達だち　と　踊おどるの　が　好すき　です。kurabu de tomodachi to odoruno ga suki desu.

(I) like dancing with friends at the club.

彼かれ　は　地ち理り　の　授じゅ業ぎょう　が　好すき　です。kare wa chiri no jugyou ga suki desu.

He likes geography class.

ここ　は　私わたし　の　好すきな　場ば所しょ　です。koko wa watashi no sukina basho desu.

This is my favorite place.

古ふるい　本ほん　の　匂におい　が　好すき　です。furui hon no nioi ga suki desu.

I like the scent of old books.

遠とおく　の　未み来らい　を　考かんがえるの　が　好すき　です。tooku no mirai o kangaeruno ga suki desu.

I like thinking about the distant future.

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